In a heart-stopping final, Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) defeated Raffles Institution by a single unconverted try, to claim their seventh straight title as their parents and friends watched from the stadium stands.
A tense semi-final match saw Raffles Institution (RI) beat Anglo-Chinese Junior College to claim their place in the National A Division Rugby final.
Just a week ago, Raffles Institution (RI) went down to Nanyang Junior College (NYJC) 39–42 in overtime in the quarter-finals of the National A Division Girls Basketball Championship. With the gods of elimination bearing down on them this week, RI simply responded: "Not today" and took their revenge by emerging 40–38 victors. The win also sees RI return to the final and they will face Hwa Chong Institution for the title next Thursday.
Raffles Institution (RI) took all three points in a 2-0 win in the preliminary round of the National Schools A Division Football Boys’ Championship against National Junior College (NJC) where RI were denied two penalties.
HCI’s Benaiah Hoong leapt 13.43m on his final attempt to win gold in the A Division Boys’ Triple Jump event at the National Schools Track and Field Championships.
Teammate Nicole Low also broke the old record with a time of 7:56.82 despite running the steeplechase event for the first time. Faye Chiang (#71, RI) finished third in 8:25.16.
Woon Wei Jing (RI #12) sank a three-pointer with less than 30 seconds on the clock to seal the victory for RI.
Various RI players contributed evenly to the score board, with Vignesh Rengarajan (RI #11) contributing a team-high 10 points.
